The Big Cactus... because if you come too close, you're gonna get stuck.

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA.

They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn't always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.

The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.

You know, I'm very photogenic.

No one calls me out, I'm from LSU.

I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet.

I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.

This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what's best for them, including me.

I'm going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year - I was an earthling last summer. I had to go back to my alien roots.

I'm dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up. I never make a face when they try to flagrant or hack-a-Shaq me, because I'm not from this planet. Earthlings don't faze me.

I clung to each word that fell from his lips like a spider to a web.

A slap from an angel will make you wiserthan a kiss from the devil.

One of the most powerful lessons in life is to recognize that no one can give you power, and many people don’t want you to have it. You have to find the courage to seize it, own it and hold on!

Samuel FB Morse's SECOND question over the telegraph was, "Have you any news?

Once I began to consider everything as being of potential interest, objects released latent layers of value.

It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams

In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me.

If there's anything I can do, it's to present an alternative vision for the country.

Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.